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Birthday April 2, 1865

• The temperature on April 2, 1865 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author († 1935)
• 1862 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1869 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager († 1928)
• 1875 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler († 1940)
• 1875 » William Donne, English cricketer and captain († 1942)
• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)